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Sustainable tourism: Education resources
Posted on: 22 April 2014
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The Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Education Network (BEST EN) provides free teaching modules on sustainable tourism generated by BEST EN. The course material is open to educators, students and the industry to learn and collaborate for sustainable tourism education. Each of the individual tutorials is comprised of a video, slides, literature and case study suggestions as well as students assignments aimed at the bachelor level. A blogging function is provided for feedback and commentary.
Projected infrastructure starts and completions in 2014-15
Posted on: 22 April 2014
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This paper lists infrastructure projects and programmes which currently have projected start dates for 2014-15, including some projects which have already started in this financial year.
East of City Residential Market
Posted on: 17 April 2014
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This latest report from Savills looks at the residential property market East of the City of London.
PERFORMER project
Posted on: 17 April 2014
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The main objective of the EU-funded PERFORMER project is to develop, install and finally assess energy and environmental benefits of an innovative integrated concept for the monitoring and evaluation of building energy performance, towards energy performance guarantee.
World Tourism Organisation publications
Posted on: 17 April 2014
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This is a listing of report from the World Tourism Organisation published so far in 2014. You should be able to view them by logging in to the University of Westminster’s subscription.
UK Shopping Centre Development Report
Posted on: 17 April 2014
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The report benchmarks UK regions in terms of shopping centre density (GLA/1,000 people) and discusses topics such as key schemes for delivery, key schemes in the pipeline and key investment deals.
The China Urban Sustainability Index 2013
Posted on: 17 April 2014
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The China Urban Sustainability Index is an annual research project undertaken by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) and the Urban China Initiative (UCI). UCI is a think tank co-founded by McKinsey & Company, Columbia University, and Tsinghua University in 2010. UCI’s mission is to convene leaders from the public and private sectors to promote sustainable urbanization and economic growth in China. The analysis deploys 23 metrics, which cover four categories: economy, society, resources and environment. It ranks 185 cities, of varying sizes and at different stages of development, by their level of sustainability from 2005 to 2011. The study also benchmarks sample Chinese cities against advanced global cities. The aim is to understand how China’s sustainability drive is evolving, and to provide an international reference for Chinese cities during this process.
Preventing a global condo bubble collapse – and slowing inequity
Posted on: 17 April 2014
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This blog considers whether the rapid profusion of high-rise investment condos around the world is widening the gap between rich and poor and leading to a worldwide housing bubble.
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Colombia 2014
Posted on: 16 April 2014
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This report is the first OECD review of Colombia’s environmental performance. It evaluates progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with a focus on waste and chemicals management and policies that promote more effective and efficient protection and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Greening the property tax
Posted on: 16 April 2014
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This paper reviews the literature and policy discussions about the role of the property tax for land use. Various externalities of the development of land, such as new infrastructure needs, the loss of open space or air pollution due to longer commutes as people locate far from city centres, are not internalised fully by property taxes or other policy instruments and this is often thought to contribute to excessive land use and urban sprawl. The impact of property taxes on land use intensity and sprawl is ambiguous in theory, however, and it depends on tax design, as well as land use regulation policies and other taxes that can influence municipalities’ incentives to convert land for development. Yet, there is some evidence suggesting that higher property taxes can limit urban sprawl, in particular when the tax on land is higher than on structures, although effects are small given relatively given a limited price elasticity of land use. Various property tax design options are discussed that may help to better internalise land use related externalities.
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